Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35257, Nathaniel Doughty, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass-
Doughty, Nathaniel or Doty
S 35257 B.L.Wt. 61092-160-55-
CONTENTS

En. P.
Act Mar 3/55 271.649
Mar 26/57
Katharine Doughty 61.092 off and Doughty or Daly, April 8th/57 Coralie Cape Girardeau
Rev - Miss
Vol D. page 123.
Ad: 1600 ft. 7/5 Pines
me ad 1818 [signature]
Special The  [signature] J. K. Harmon Portland Me.

let to Wm. D. O. J. Smith, Feb 25. 1837.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 8
District of Maine
Nathanial Doughty or Doty
of North Berwick in the state of District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprear of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Sep. 1818 and to William Wiegery Esq. Portland D. of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  130. 93    Seni-anl. all'ce ending  Mar 1820  48. 00      $178. 93  
Sep. 25. 1860 - died - A.R. 322 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
R. [Signature]
Wm. D. O. J. Smith John [?] 2716114

I from Mr. Lellam of Portland in the county Lancaster I hereby certify and say that I am lawfully acquainted with Nathaniel Doughty who is now present & have been acquainted with him for many years. That in 1866 he so handed me my his original discharge & requested me to take it to the Com- riss office in Boston to see if any thing could be done for the revolutionary soldiers. Called at the office according by, & his discharge has remained in my possession since till last Monday some months ago he requested me to return it to him as he said he had retired from him in under the new last Monday law. & wished for his discharge as a voucher. The Nathaniel Doughty now present is the same person from whom I received the discharge, & the discharge was issued to the him at the time is the same I received from him. I have always understood from them who were in the army that he was a revolution- ary soldier.
John M Lellam
Signed & sworn to before me Sept 10. 1819
Adams Wren Justice
I certify that the above named John M. Lellam is a man of character & respectability, & is in all re- spects a credible & disinterested witness.
Sept 10. 1819.
Adams Wren

And now the said Nathaniel Doughty otherwise called Nathaniel Doty makes this addition to his declaration; that at the time he made his said declaration his original discharge was in the hands of one John M c Callum and he could not recollect exactly when the precise time when he enlisted, but that he has served in the army under his said enlistment more than two years and six months that said Capt Sewall commanded the company when he entered, & continued in command till after the news of peace arrived then The regiment was then in Washington above West Point. After the peace the brigade to which to which I belonged marched to Philadelphia, Lieutenant Jas. Whiting commanding our company. On our return in Antwerp to West Point Capt. Fulston took command of the company. He remained at West Point until we were discharged. As to the spelling of his name he further declares that it is sometimes spelt Doughty & sometimes Doty, and that he is the in truth the same person named in the original discharge herewith communicated. His discharge he has received of Mr. M c Callum.
Witness A. Brown
his Nathaniel X Doughty or Doty mark
Signed & sworn to before
Ashe Brant. Just. Peace.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Nathaniel Doughty of North Yarmouth in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution to the end thereof on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at North Yarmouth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now fifty four years of age .
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Capt. Small's Company of the second Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the first day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty and that he left said service on or about the eighth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three having then received an honorable discharge. But was being refused
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty fourth day of April 1818.
Nathaniel Doughty mark
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty fourth day of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, the above named applicant , and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Nathaniel Doughty farther offered in evidence the deposition of Nathan Lewis which is herewith communicated
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Nathaniel Doughty served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that he is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 24th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is hereby certified from within
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30th day of July A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty fourth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY, one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, William Brighty the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said William Brighty farther offered in evidence the deposition Nathan Lewis with which is herewith communicated
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said William Brighty served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the return of his country for subsistence.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 24 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is hereby certified from within.
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30 th day of July A. D. 1818.
Geo. Pray

I Nathan Lewis aged sixty two years of age do hereby say that I am well acquainted with Dr. David Doughty now present. I knew him before he went into the army and I also knew him in the army. When he went into the service he was a large boy about fifteen years of age. He was in the service most three years and was dis- charged at West Point. Nathan Lewis
Subscribed and sworn to this 27 th day of April 1918
Before me Wm Medary Judge. H. C.
The applicant had delivered his discharge to an agent to obtain his bounty from the state at the time of his application it was mislaid, and has since been found by the agent & returned to him

I John Doty of Portland being now fifty-five years of age testify and say that I was a soldier in the army of the revolution having enlisted for three years in the year 1781 during discharged from the American regiment on the 30 th of June 1784. Nathaniel Doty my brother enlisted the same day with me and was discharged the same day. I know of his having served the whole period that I served. We belonged to the same regiment when we were discharged and returned home together. I have received my pension certif- icate.
Attest A. Crane. John his X Doty mark
Signed & sworn to before Atkins Crane justice.
I certify that the above named John Doty is a sensible & disinterested witness. — Atkins Crane.

Nathaniel Doughty (copy) Private lot. Sprouts Regt Mys Line 1780 - 1783 Dec 24 th April 1818
Not on Roll.
Admitted The Declaration and the Discharge do not agree in date: and there is a difference in spelling the name.

Nathaniel Doughty or Solly Copy
14.908.
23 Sept 1819.
March 1820
Continued
THE DEATH
being amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is I do hereby certify that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original I John Murray Clerk of the Inner Court of the United States for Middle District do
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court on this day of A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Court for Middle District Clerk of the U.S. District Court
123

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
1820 58 1862
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday , being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this sixteenth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Nathaniel Soughty or Soly aged fifty eight years, resident in North Yarmouth in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Jackson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 24 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14,900 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Jos. Pope
Nathaniel his X Soly mark
Sworn to and declared, on the sixteenth day of June . A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris , U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — Three acres of land on Bang's Island in Casco Bay — belonging to and considered a part of North Yarmouth — Said three acres of land is merely rocks — not one fourth of an acre suitable for tillage — I am obliged to go off the Island for wood and water — A small hut on said land — poorly furnished with necessaries for eating and cooking — I have no income — and am just now owing thirty dollars — one cow I have — and one pig —
Witness Jos. Pope
Nathaniel his X Doughty mark
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathaniel Doughty who, by occupation am a Fisherman which I am not able to pursue by reason of constantly by reason of ill health.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife, Mary... 50 a feeble woman — been sick over twelve months   George .. 13 able to work   Witness Jos. Pope Nathaniel his X Doughty mark   Sworn to   Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty three dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixteenth day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Seven personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Nathaniel Doughty aged Ninety five years, a resident of Gong Island Portland in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical Nathaniel Doughty who was a private in the 2 d Regiment Massachusetts Continental line in the 2 d Brigade in the Company commanded by Capt Henry Sewall in the War of the Revolution
That he enlisted at North Yarmouth the Maine on or about the _____ day of May 1780 or 1781 for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of two years & a half and was honorably discharged at Girman Falls New York on the day of _____ A. D. 1784 as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company on file in the Departments at Washington, to which he refers for evidence of his service; he states that he did received a the written discharge, which he transmitted to the War Department when he made application for a Pension under the Act of 1818. He believes his original discharge is in the Department at Washington
And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in Freeport in the County of Cumberland and State of Me: now Maine . He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855. For Evidence of his service he refers to his original application for a Pension under the Act of March 18 1818 on which he received a pension of $90 per annum as will appear by Pension Certificate No 14 908 signed by J. B. Calhoun in which was described Nathaniel Doughty or Doty
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Nathaniel Doughty do hereby constitute and appoint J. H. Harmon of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Attest
Nathaniel Doughty mark
We Nathaniel Doughty Jr and Abner Doughty residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Nathaniel Doughty Senior in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of him for many years past, that he is, the identical person he represents himself to be in his declaration. We have no interest in this claim
Nathaniel Doughty Jr. Abner Doughty
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Nathaniel Doughty Senior the declarant above named, and by Nathaniel Doughty Jr and Abner Doughty witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace.

December 23, 1932.
Memorial Branch Office of the Quartermaster General War Department Washington, D.C.
BA-J/ILL Am Nathaniel Doughty S. 35257
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Nathaniel Doughty, a Revolutionary War soldier.
The record of Nathaniel Doughty given below is obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35257, based upon his military service in that war.
Nathaniel Doughty or Doty, while a resident of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine District, enlisted in May 1780 and served as a private in Captain Henry Sewall's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and in Captain Jackson's Company, and was discharged by Colonel H. Jackson, June 30, 1784 from the American Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, while a resident of North Yarmouth, Maine District.
In 1820, the soldier was aged about fifty-four years and referred to his family as follows: his wife, Mary, aged fifty years, and George, aged thirteen years.
In 1857, while a resident of Long Island, Portland, Maine, the soldier was referred to as Nathaniel Doughty, Senior. At that time, Nathaniel Doughty, Junior, and Abner Doughty were residents of Portland, Maine, but no relationship to the soldier was stated.
The soldier died September 28, 1860.
The application for headstone for Nathaniel Doughty and all correspondence are returned herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

October 1, 1932.
Hon. Frederick Hale United States Senate Washington, D.C.
BA-J/ILL Nathaniel Doughty S. 35257 David Upton R. 10810
Dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel Doughty and David Upton.
The records have been searched and the histories of the only Nathaniel Doughty and David Upton are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective pension claims.
Nathaniel Doughty -S. 35257.
Nathaniel Doughty or Doty, while a resident of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine District, enlisted in May, 1780 and served as private in Captain Henry Sewall's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and in Captain Jackson's Company and was discharged by Colonel H. Jackson, June 30, 1784, from the American Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he resided in North Yarmouth, Maine District.
In 1820, the soldier was aged about fifty-four years and referred to his family as follows: Mary, his wife, aged fifty years, and George, aged thirteen years.
In 1857, while a resident of Long Island, Portland, Maine, the soldier was referred to as Nathaniel Doughty, Senior. At that time Nathaniel Doughty, Junior, and Abner Doughty were residents of Portland, Maine, but no relationship to the soldier was stated.
The soldier died September 25, 1860.
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June 30, 1931.
Rev. Earle N. Hubbard, A.B., Pastor Methodist Church, Chebeague Island, Maine.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.35257, that Nathaniel Doughty or Doty, while a resident of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine District, enlisted in May 1780 and served as a private in Captain Henry Sewall's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment, and in Captain Jackson's Company and was discharged by Colonel H. Jackson June 30, 1784 from the American Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, while a resident of North Yarmouth, Maine District.
In 1820, soldier was aged about fifty-four years and referred to his family as follows; his wife, Mary, aged fifty years, and George, aged thirteen years.
In 1857, while a resident of Long Island, Portland, Maine, soldier was referred to as Nathaniel Doughty, Senior. At that time Nathaniel Doughty, Junior, and Abner Doughty were residents of Portland, Maine, but their relationship to soldier was not stated.
Soldier died September 25, 1860.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
"about"- age in 1820 + 1857 agree. in 1818 - different

FREDERICK HALE, ME., CHAIRMAN TASKER L. ODDIE, NEV. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, VA. SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE, CALIF. PARK TRAMMELL, FLA. JESSE H. METCALF, R. I. DAVID I. WALSH, MASS. CHARLES W. WATERMAN, COLO. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD. PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, MD. ELLISON D. SMITH, S. C. HAMILTON F. KEAN, N. J. GEORGE MC GILL, KANS. JAMES J. DAVIS, PA. JOHN S. COHEN, GA. HENRY W. KEYES, N. H. CAMERON MORRISON, N. C.
RODNEY E. MARSHALL, CLERK CARL H. SCHMIDT, ASST. CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS
Portland, Maine,
September 27, 1932.
Mr. E. W. Morgan, Director of Pensions Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Morgan:-
Will you be kind enough to look over your Revolutionary War Records and see if you have the names of Nathaniel Doughty or David Upton listed as drawing a pension. It is understood that both of these men served in the Revolution and one of them is believed to have been pensioned.
Very truly yours,
S.

35 257
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-257
Nathaniel Doughty Rev Geo War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931- June 20 - Hist. to Rev. Eule M. Hubbard - see letter - R 10810 - David Upton - JLL. 1932 - Oct. 1 - Hist. to Hon. Frederick Hale - JLL. 1932 - Dec. 23 - Record to Mem. Branch - Mar Dept - JLL.

Official Business Per: Bounty Land Claim
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

61,092
Pho Anng

Nathaniel Doty Soldier — in the American _____ Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the thirtieth _____ Day of June
1784
By the General's Command, G. S. [Signature]
C. Selden Capt. & C.
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Selden Adjutant

STATE OF MAINE, } ss. Cumberland County, }
March 28. 1857
Be it known, That before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared [Name] and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify,) the following is a true copy:—
No. 14,908
War Department.....Revolutionary Claim.
I Certify, That in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Nathaniel Doughty or Doty late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
(Signed) J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
The above is a copy of the original Pension certificate of Nathaniel Doughty, Freeman Braddock per Rev.
that he now resides in [Blank] for the space of [Blank] resided in [Blank]
and has resided there years past; and that previous thereto he [Blank]
Sworn and subscribed this [Blank] day of [Blank] 18 [Blank] BEFORE ME
18
J. P.
NOTE.—Where the Pension has been increased since the certificate has been given, the Magistrate will note that fact.

Claim of Nathaniel Doughty To Poanty Band Act of March 3 1855 War of the Revolutions
Address J. K. Harmon Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
March 23 1857
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Freeman Bradford Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature purporting to be his
are
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook CLERK.

Mr. Fife
Wm. F. G. Smith
Miss B. Little (Daughter of)
Wootton -
Leicester
before the Cokes
L. L.
Edwards Esq
Cour Pension Wm. Fife.
23 Jan - 1829

Can Mr. Edwards give me any information desired in the enclosed letter? - The act referred to therein is an act of the Maine Legislature -
Most respectfully Francis J. Smith
Mr. D. P.
July 21/57

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Doughty, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5697 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 11, 1792
to Martin Kingsley
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.